Vice Principal
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 4AW4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
3 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale - L18 to L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a practising Catholic to join our team at Cardinal Griffin Catholic College. Catholic Social Teaching permeates everything we do and therefore we are looking for an exceptional leader who will promote positive behaviour and faith filled attitudes through the lens of Catholicism. We are now part of the newly expanded Painsley Catholic Academy, the largest multi-academy in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, with a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community. The school provides a haven where all can flourish.
About the role:
The Vice Principal, a practising Catholic, will have a proven track record of inspirational, strategic and professional leadership and be an exemplary teacher. Strong communication skills are essential, together with a strategic vision of maintaining and raising standards. Closely partnering the Principal, you will deliver the ideas that keep us at the forefront of education and be an integral part of our journey to success. We are looking for a first-class candidate, with the energy and resilience to ensure our school is an outstanding place to learn.
What the school offers its staff
Why Cardinal Griffin Catholic College?
With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Work in a high performing school with outstanding behaviour;
- Work in a Christian community with a caring, secure and disciplined environment;
- Work in collaboration with outstanding specialists, across the Painsley family of schools.
We can offer:
- Personalised professional development opportunities and coaching to prepare the candidate for headship;
- The supportive network of our outstanding Multi-Academy Company (MAC) and experienced, hardworking and committed colleagues;
- The opportunity to utilise your proven track record and experience to drive strategic improvement across the school;
- Our MAC Teaching School provision to support the leadership development of outstanding teaching and learning.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to h.tapper@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 808 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- h.tapper@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01543 502215
Are you looking for a new challenge in an innovative and supportive 11-18 Catholic school? Now part of the newly expanded Painsley Catholic Academy, the largest multi-academy in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is looking to recruit dynamic, forward-thinking and inspirational staff to join us on our journey to success. With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds.
Arranging a visit to Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email h.tapper@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk.
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